Zsh file name without the extension Zsh provides a weird way to get the different parts a of a file name.
If you want the full path without the extension:
> myfile=/path/to/story.txt
> echo ${myfile:r}
/path/to/story
> myfile=story.txt
> echo ${myfile:r}
story
If you want just the file name minus the path:
> myfile=/path/to/story.txt
> echo ${myfile:t}
story.txt
Check this out you can combine those two symbols!
> myfile=/path/to/story.txt
> echo ${myfile:t:r}
story
Get a symlink resolved directory name in order to get the current directory name and it’s parent.
I use this in my tn shell function new as a backup if no argument supplied.
$PWD(:A:t2)